The Tree of Life and Chakras


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Dec 2, 2003


This guest article is written by Rebecca Cougill, who writes on Paganism here at Suite101.

The Tree of Life is something that just about everyone who has ever read the Bible has heard of. What most people don't realize is that it is a deep part of the spiritual beliefs of those known as Ceremonial Magicians. Their beliefs of the foundation of the universe came from the Kabbalah, alchemy, and a bit of Egyptian lore.

I am writing this in an attempt to help shed some light on the Tree of Life in comparison to the Chakras. The Tree of Life has ten points known as Sephoroths. These points are aligned in such a way to create the image of a tree.

For the purpose of this study we are only going to look at the points in the middle pillar.

The First point is KETER, which means Crown. It is associated with the Crown Chakra. Both are physically associated with the top of the head or the crown. Both are the gateway by which we ascend into the astral to connect with the Divine. In the Case of Ceremonial Magick it is our Holy Guardian Angel we are connecting to. Who you connect to through the idea of Chakra's seems to vary depending upon whom you talk to.

The next point in the middle pillar is TIPERETH, which means beauty. It is the balance point of the body and is associated with the Heart Chakra. The third point in the middle pillar is called YESOD and means Foundation. This is associated with the Root Chakra. The last point in the middle pillar is MALKUTH. It is associated with the feet.

The tree of life however wasn't always like it is now. The Story of Adam and Eve is seen as the fall for a lot of reasons. But, the one that is important to us is that the Tree of Life was a metaphysical thing. It is believed that Eve was the foundation and Adam was the crown of the tree. When they ate of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, then subsequently were thrown out of the Garden, and it shook the very foundation of the tree of life. Because of this earthquake, Malkute and the rest of the points of the middle pillar fell to where they are today. The Original Tree probably looked something like this.

     

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